Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing and storage of perishable goods under refrigeration. The establishments may also rent locker space for the storage of food products for individual households and provide incidental services for processing, preparing, or packaging such food for storage. Establishments primarily selling frozen foods for home freezers (freezer and locker meat provisioners) are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5421.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 4222 - Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage are:
- Cheese warehouses
- Cold storage locker rental
- Food lockers, rental
- Frozen food locker rental
- Storage, frozen or refrigerated goods
- Warehousing, cold storage or refrigerated
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Refrigerated Storage in the US (49312)
Revenue 2025
$8.9bn
Growth 2025
2.64%
Key Trends
Revenue growth has outpaced the cost of labor, resulting in higher profitability
Demand for refrigerated services from restaurants declined
The industry will benefit from rising consumer demand for food products and restaurants
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 4222 - Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
US-SIC Code 4222 - Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage sits in the 2-digit Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: E
Division Title: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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411 Local and Suburban Passenger Transportation
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412 Taxicabs
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413 Intercity and Rural Bus Transportation
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414 Bus Charter Service
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415 School Buses
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417 Terminal and Service Facilities for Motor Vehicle
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421 Trucking and Courier Services, Except Air
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422 Public Warehousing and Storage
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423 Terminal and Joint Terminal Maintenance
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431 United States Postal Service
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441 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight
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442 Deep Sea Domestic Transportation of Freight
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443 Freight Transportation On the Great Lakes-st.
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444 Water Transportation of Freight, Not Elsewhere
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448 Water Transportation of Passengers
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449 Services Incidental To Water Transportation
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451 Air Transportation, Scheduled, and Air Courier
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452 Air Transportation, Nonscheduled
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458 Airports, Flying Fields, and Airport Terminal
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461 Pipelines, Except Natural Gas
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472 Arrangement of Passenger Transportation
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473 Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo
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474 Rental of Railroad Cars
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478 Miscellaneous Services Incidental To Transportation
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481 Telephone Communications
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482 Telegraph and Other Message Communications
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483 Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations
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484 Cable and Other Pay Television Services
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489 Communications Services, Not Elsewhere
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491 Electric Services
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492 Gas Production and Distribution
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493 Combination Electric and Gas, and Other Utility
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494 Water Supply
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495 Sanitary Services
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496 Steam and Air-conditioning Supply
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497 Irrigation Systems
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 4222 - Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 4222 - Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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422201 Frozen food locker plants
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422202 Warehouses-cold storage
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422203 Precooling
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422204 Meat lockers
8 Digit SIC Codes
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42220000 Refrigerated warehousing and storage
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42229900 Refrigerated warehousing and storage, nec
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42229901 Cheese warehouse
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42229902 Storage, frozen or refrigerated goods
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42229903 Warehousing, cold storage or refrigerated
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